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Ruby was the alias of vocalist Lesley Rankine, previously the frontwoman of Scottish noise-provocateurs Silverfish. After departing the group in the wake of their 1993 LP Fuckin’ Drivin’ or What, Rankine relocated from London to Seattle to collaborate with manufacturer Tag Walk, with whom she’d previously done materials for the …

Among the U.K.’s many iconoclastic bands from the later ’80s and early ’90s, Silverfish highlighted vocalist Lesley Rankine, guitarist Andrew “Fuzz” Duprey, bassist Chris Powforth, and drummer Stuart Watson. Before signing up for the group, Rankine sang using the Grizzelders, a ’60s-design punk music group; Duprey, Powforth and Watson captured …